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• Judge in U.S. WikiLeaks case declines to dismiss charge of aiding enemy
• ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER PLAYS LEADING ROLE IN REVOLUTIONS
• Sen. McCain plans to stall Dempsey's nomination
• UN envoy warns of trauma to children in Syria war
• Iran president highlights ties in final Iraq visit
• Bradley Manning trial: 'Aiding the enemy' charges stand, but hard to prove
• Republican senator vows to delay Dempsey nomination as U.S. military chief
• Senior GOP senator puts hold on Dempsey nomination
• Judge won't dismiss serious charge in Manning case
• Hillary who? Joe Biden says he still dreams of becoming president
• Angry Syrian refugees demand help from Kerry at camp
• Dempsey says US considering use of force in Syria
• UN: Syria's war children will grow up illiterate
• The Taming of Samantha Power
• Iranian president begins visit to neighboring Iraq
• Syrian refugees demand help from Kerry at Jordan camp
• Freelance reporters train in combat zone first aid
• Not Listening: What Republicans Could Learn From George W. Bush
• Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter Discusses Department’s Changing Times

Judge in U.S. WikiLeaks case declines to dismiss charge of aiding enemy Posted: 18 Jul 2013 04:58 PM PDT By Medina Roshan FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - The military judge hearing the court-martial of the U.S. soldier accused of the biggest leak of classified material in the nation's history refused on Thursday to dismiss the most severe charge the defendant faces, aiding the enemy. That is one of 21 counts that U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning is charged with, but it carries the possibility of life in prison. "He was knowingly providing intelligence to the enemy," said Judge Colonel Denise Lind in rejecting a motion by Manning's lawyer to dismiss that charge. ...

ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER PLAYS LEADING ROLE IN REVOLUTIONS Posted: 18 Jul 2013 03:00 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Ever since the slaughter in Syria began two years ago, the most accepted explanation for the heinous cruelty there has been that this was a fight between historically warring ethnic groups.The French protectorate that became Syria early in the 20th century had the added incentive to hatred in that the ruling al-Assad family dictatorship came from the mountaintop Alawites, a tribe always tiny and bitterly persecuted.But now, some acute analysts are examining the awful fighting that goes on and on with a depth that should give us pause to reconsider the conventional wisdom. ...

Sen. McCain plans to stall Dempsey's nomination Posted: 18 Jul 2013 02:04 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain said Thursday he will block Army Gen. Martin Dempsey's nomination for a second term as Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman due to his dissatisfaction with the officer's responses to questions about the potential use of U.S. military power in Syria.

UN envoy warns of trauma to children in Syria war Posted: 18 Jul 2013 02:04 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Abdullah, a 9-year-old orphaned by Syria's civil war, was piled in to van by his uncle as gunfire rattled around them. One of the last things the boy says he saw in his hometown was the uncle falling, shot, as the van full of strangers took him away on a treacherous, 3-day journey to neighboring Lebanon.

Iran president highlights ties in final Iraq visit Posted: 18 Jul 2013 01:31 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Outgoing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad paid a final official visit to Iraq on Thursday, seeking to emphasize the growing relations between the Shiite-led neighbors just weeks before he steps down from the job.

Bradley Manning trial: 'Aiding the enemy' charges stand, but hard to prove Posted: 18 Jul 2013 12:57 PM PDT The judge in the military trial of Pfc. Bradley Manning ruled Thursday that she would not dismiss charges against him of "aiding the enemy."

Republican senator vows to delay Dempsey nomination as U.S. military chief Posted: 18 Jul 2013 12:39 PM PDT By David Alexander and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Army General Martin Dempsey's nomination to a second term as the top U.S. military officer hit an unexpected bump on Thursday when a senior Republican lawmaker denounced his stance on Syria during a Senate hearing and vowed to block a vote on the appointment. ...

Senior GOP senator puts hold on Dempsey nomination Posted: 18 Jul 2013 11:14 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Republican senator said Thursday he will block Army Gen. Martin Dempsey's nomination for a second term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff due to his dissatisfaction with the officer's responses to questions about the potential use of U.S. military power in Syria.

Judge won't dismiss serious charge in Manning case Posted: 18 Jul 2013 10:56 AM PDT A military judge refused Thursday to dismiss the most serious charge against Bradley Manning, the Army private who gave reams of classified information to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. The charge ...

Hillary who? Joe Biden says he still dreams of becoming president Posted: 18 Jul 2013 10:33 AM PDT Lost amid the endless banter about Hillary Rodham Clinton's White House intentions is the still real possibility that Vice President Joe Biden will toss his Phillies cap into the ring.

Angry Syrian refugees demand help from Kerry at camp Posted: 18 Jul 2013 10:07 AM PDT (This story contains material from a member of the pool of State Department correspondents in Jordan, of which Arshad Mohammed of Reuters is a member; adds detail from U.N. official) By Arshad Mohammed ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan (Reuters) - Syrian refugees angrily told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday that the United States should set up a no-fly zone and safe havens in Syria to protect their fellow citizens. ...

Dempsey says US considering use of force in Syria Posted: 18 Jul 2013 10:04 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's top military officer told a Senate panel Thursday the Obama administration is deliberating whether to use military power in Syria, where a civil war entering its third year has killed almost 93,000 people.

UN: Syria's war children will grow up illiterate Posted: 18 Jul 2013 08:34 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's devastating civil war will force a generation of children to grow up illiterate and filled with hate, a U.N. envoy warned Thursday as fighting raged on around the country, including an airstrike in the north that killed at least five and wounded dozens of men, women and children.

The Taming of Samantha Power Posted: 18 Jul 2013 08:17 AM PDT It certainly sounded like the old Samantha Power. At her confirmation hearing Wednesday, President Obama's nominee to be ambassador to the United Nations called the U.N.'s failure to act in Syria "a disgrace that history will judge harshly." But Power knows as well as anyone, having written the definitive book on the subject, that the U.N. acts effectively only when the United States leads. And the United States has not done so under the leader she serves, especially on Syria. ...

Iranian president begins visit to neighboring Iraq Posted: 18 Jul 2013 06:30 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Iran's outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad landed in Iraq on Thursday in his second official visit to the country, highlighting the growing ties between the two Shiite-led neighbors.

Syrian refugees demand help from Kerry at Jordan camp Posted: 18 Jul 2013 06:01 AM PDT By Arshad Mohammed ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan (Reuters) - Syrian refugees angrily told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday that the United States should set up a no-fly zone and safe havens in Syria to protect them. Visiting a camp that holds roughly 115,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan about 12 km (eight miles) from the Syrian border, Kerry spent about 40 minutes with half a dozen refugees who vented their frustration at the international community's failure to end Syria's more than two-year-old civil war. ...

Freelance reporters train in combat zone first aid Posted: 18 Jul 2013 05:49 AM PDT In an era when news organizations are shutting foreign bureaus to cut costs, more of the dangerous work of reporting from the world's trouble spots is falling to freelancers, who often must fend for themselves ...

Not Listening: What Republicans Could Learn From George W. Bush Posted: 18 Jul 2013 12:00 AM PDT During most of the Obama presidency, George W. Bush has maintained a decorous silence. Keeping quiet may not always have been easy for Bush, watching his successor repudiate and unwind his legacy, from Iraq to Afghanistan and beyond, but his discretion was wise under the circumstances. Suddenly, however, he is speaking out to urge a "positive resolution" to the debate over immigration reform — and the time to listen to him has surely arrived.

Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter Discusses Department’s Changing Times Posted: 17 Jul 2013 11:25 PM PDT Ash Carter calls himself Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's alter ego. "That means knowing what he knows; organizing his decision-making; making all the decisions that are not so consequential that I need to bring them to his attention; making the place run on a day-to-day basis," the deputy Defense secretary told National Journal from his Pentagon office.

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